A staple of their early output, The Gypsy Hill EP solidified Big D and The Kids Table as a major force in the Boston ska scene. Released in 2002 between the tent-pole albums Good Luck and How It Goes, the 10 (or 11, depending on which release you have) song EP contained enough memorable tracks that calling it “just an EP” would be seriously undermining it’s place in the Big D catalog. Unfortunately, the intervening years have made this release quite hard to find without dishing out some serious cash.

If you recall, this follows last year’s 15th anniversary re-releases of Shot By Lammi and Good Luck, which invites the idea that the band may be working their way through the rest of their back-catalog in the same fashion (wink wink nudge nudge honk honk)…

Check out Big D’s version of The Rudiment’s “Wailing Paddle”, included on this release:

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Alex Chiasson is a writer for Boston Ska (dot) net. Alex's first experience with ska involved referring to it as "that music with the horns, right?" He's gotten better with categorization, but he also has this weird thing about staying humble. You can see Alex perform with The New Limits.